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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2015
At&t Intellectual Property I, Lp, Atlanta, GA (US);
Chen-Yui Yang, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Paritosh Bajpay, Edison, NJ (US);
David H. Lu, Morganville, NJ (US);
Balaji R. Puli, San Ramon, CA (US);
Anthony M. Srdar, Gainesville, GA (US);
Xidong Wu, Livermore, CA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, establishing communications with a femtocell located at premises with a gateway device. A request is received from the femtocell to authenticate the femtocell, wherein authentication allows the femtocell to receive subscribed services. Authentication information is received from the femtocell and an authentication process is initiated to authenticate the femtocell based on the request. An identification of the gateway device and the authentication information are provided to a remote server, wherein the providing of the identification and the authentication information is responsive to the establishing of the communications with the femtocell. The remote server identifies a subscriber account based on the identification of the gateway to authenticate the femtocell based on information obtained from the subscriber account. Other embodiments are disclosed.